Children and Young People - simplified privacy notice
This is a simplified summarised privacy notice. Full privacy notice information is available at Children and Young People - privacy notice.
Purpose of data collection
The Children and Young People team collect your information to help protect and support your health and education. This includes figuring out what help you might need and making sure you get the right support.
Types of data collected
- Contact details (name, address, phone, email)
- Date of birth and gender
- School records for placement, childcare, and attendance.
- Contact information for foster care, adoption and program involvement
- Educational information
- Social Care Assessments and Interventions
- Health information
- Safeguarding Information
- Service and Support History
- Family information and placement details (where relevant for support)
How data is used
- To safeguard service users and their families.
- Assess risks to health and wellbeing for children's safety and support needs.
- Arrange and provide necessary support services and guidance.
- Help access education by allocating school places and tracking attendance.
- Assess eligibility for financial and service support.
- Develop and manage personalised support plans.
- Maintain legal and contractual obligations.
- Communicate updates and involve you in activities and feedback.
- Fulfil various legal obligations under relevant laws and regulations.
Sharing of data
We may share your information with:
- children's services and other council parts to help you better.
- adoption and fostering groups we work with.
- health workers and inspectors to improve your care.
- Information can be shared to stop fraud or meet legal rules.
- Some details go to researchers to help make services better.
Your rights
- Access: You can ask for copies of your personal information held by the Council.
- Rectification: You can request corrections to any incorrect information.
- Deletion: You can ask for your personal information to be deleted, unless there's a legal reason to keep it.
- Portability: You can request your personal data to be transferred to other services or directly to you.
- Object/Restrict Processing: You can object to or limit how your data is used now and in the future.
- Prevent Automatic Decisions: You can challenge decisions made automatically without human involvement.
Contact
Contact Derby City Council's Data Protection Officer for queries or concerns via data.protection@derby.gov.uk.